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EDWARD L. PERKINS, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

' MACHINE FORA MAKING CARD-PAPER.

T 0 all whom t'may/ concern.' l

Be 1t known that I, EDWARD L. PERKINS,

Aof Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful machine, called a Card-Papery Machine, of which the .following is a true and exact description.

Reference being had to the drawings hereto annexed, and made a part of this specification, a is a strong frame of wood, or other material, to sustain a cistern, or vat, for the purpose of containing paste, on one end, and elevations for 'journals of :thefrollers at the other.

The machine may be .made ofv any con venient height and dimensions, but in the construction hereinafter described, I have made it thirty inches between the rollers, from ournal to ournal, and the proportions of some of the parts should be varied according to the increase, or decrease, ofthe card paper which it is desired to make, if only one uniform width is required.

b represents the cistern, or paste box, which is an elevated fountain of paste to be filled with paste of a proper consistency.

c is a gate, or valve, made to open or close, more or less, or entirely,.by a lever or other means, so that the quantity of paste necessary to flow, into the bed below the cylindrical brush may be regulated at pleasure.

CZ is the paste bed, into which the paste flows down an inclined plane or broad trough, through the gate 0,' and it is then taken up by the cylindrical brush to be placed upon t-he paper.

e is the cylindrical brush, made of bristles or other appropriate materials, and of a convenient size according to the size of the machine, made to revo-lve` in such manner as to take the paste from the bed below and to place it on the bed'above, in the manner hereafter described-in the machine herein described, it is eleven inches in diameter, and revolves from left to right and contrary to the mot-ion of the paper, and it is made to revolve by a belt, passing over the drum f, as shown in the perspective view, and the drum f, to communicate motion, is fixed upon one of the drums or barrels marked g.

g, g, are two drums or barrels as long as the machine is wide, connected by a belt, or band of leather, or other suitable material, which belt is as wide as the drums are long; and which is intended to receive and convey the paper which is intended to be pasted,

as hereinafter described. Upon the shaft of one of the drums or barrels g is fixed a crank 7L, as shown in the perspective view, which gives motion to the whole machineor if other than hand power should berequired, a proper drum may be fixed upon the same shaft insteadof the crank.

z' is a smoothing brush, as longas Athe drums g, fixed firmly in the frame,7with sufficient pressureto smooth distribute, or. equalize the paste, after it has been placed' upon the paper by the cylindrical brush e.

'j isa shaft, or mandrel, of wood, or other substance, which turns in appropriate jourz nals orboxes 1n the frame, andA upon this is to be Iplaced. or rolledthe paper, vintended to bey pasted, which4 paper should beA the inestandl stoutest paper, .which forms ythe outside of the card paper, when it is made ofk three layersA or sheets.

la is another shaft or mandrel,=also turning in' a vjournal or box ink thev frame, upon which is :placed another roll` of paper, to be united with'another roll of paper on the shaft j, -and if Athere is a Vdifference inthe paper, that on the shaft /cshouldrbe the weakest and coarsest.

Z is Vthe ,shaft orv mandrel, to receiventhe paper, after it has been pasted from the roll j and united with that from the roll 7c, and has been pressed together by the pressing rollers m, m.

m m are two pressing rollers, metallic, to press the paper firmly together, after one sheet has been pasted and united with the other. in a ournal in the frame. The upper roller m, turns in a half journal or box, which is made to slide, or move up and down in a Slot or groove in the frame, and the half box or journal being on the top of the roller is pressed downward by a spiral or other spring to give pressure in addition to the weight of the roller, and to yield upward so that paper of any required thickness may pass through and be pressed. Motion is communicated to the rollers m by a belt from the drum g as shown in the perspective view, passing over a drum on the lower roll m and the two pressing rollers m, are connected together so as to secure a steady motion, by geared or toothed cog wheels.

n is conical metallic roller as long as the machine is wide, of one piece formed as the segments of two cones, with their bases united in the middle as shown in elevation The lower roller m, turns steadily rat pleasure. Y i p o 1s atop rail inserted` 1n the frame, t-o be pasted'paper, with a gentle pressure and to' extend itY side\vays, so as to keep itrfromY [curling and ivrlnkling as it unites Wlth the other sheetand passes through the pressing rollers; and for .this purpose the. Journals should be placed upon springs. to press lightly upward. The journals ofthe shaft y', lc and Zshould be so `Constructed that the shafts may be easily removed or replaced adjustedso as to receive the paperffrom the rollc, and extendit with a gentle pressure.

pis a crank upon the shaft Z for the Vpurpose of Winding-np the paper after ithas been doubled and pressed. `The proportion of the di'erent journals, rollers,"shafts and drums, must vary according to the size of the machine, but' mustbe made to keep an equable motion throughout. The paper passes from the shaft or'roll y' betweenthe brush eand the broad fbelt on thedrumsxg Where it is pasted, then between the drum and the brush z', Where the paste is smoothed and evened; then over the roll a, by which it is kept straight and extended sidewise.; then it is united With the paper `from the shaft 7c and the two sheets are pressed to'- gether by the rollers m, and conducted to be Wound up on the shaft Z, and two or more thicknesses may be thus united, and the operation may be `repeated :till therequisite number of sheets, are made into one sheet of card paperin a long or contmuous sheet.

Another mode of using and adapting this `machine is vto affix brush, similar to the smoothing brush i, opposite to it, and at some convenient place over the other drum g, for the purpose of keeping the `paper even and straight and free from Wrinkles, then to pass it Aover a straight Wooden roller instead of the conical roller '11 which' in conjunction With the brush will in many `cases answer that purpose; and the lowerroller 0n, with its connecting belt may be removed,`and the paper may be `Wound off, `With such rapidity and force as to obtan the necessary pressure from the upper rollerfm, the rest of the machine operating and remaining as before described. Either method maybe adopted, acf

cording to the kindof paper, and card paper to be manufactured.

IVhat I claim as my invention and desire to have secured by Letters Patent, is-

l. The arrangement of the barrels, belts and rollers, Which carry the sheet of paper to receive the paste, in combination with the b-rush e, and the `brush z', and the bed and reservoir of paste.

2. I also claim thisarrangement in combination With theroller Which carriesthe second sheet of paper, and With the pressing 

